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But for the most part, everyone remained calm, just trying to figure out, ana, what exactly happened. >> exactly. and cnn global affairs analyst david rhode is joining us on the telephone. police arent sure if this is a terror attack, they have one person in custody. presumably they are interviewing this person right now and they believe this is the driver of the vehicle they are talking to. you say this is exactly what isis wants. >> again, we dont know what happened, but if this was some sort ...

Cabrera. david rhode joins us via skype from new york. thanks for talking with us. the concern at this hour is that its four hours or so after this incident took place and still there are no answers to the many questions and this in the aftermath of attacks on the west pin st minister and london bridges, why is it taking this long authorities can explain to people there what happened? >> i think authorities are being cautious as they have been in past attacks in determining blame but the danger ...

We dont know yet. i dont want to sound alarming and i dont know who did this so we should be cautious as well in the news media. >> david, thank you very much. and u.k. government officials are reacting to the news with online statements. londons mayor tweeted emergency services are on the scene and investigating a mayjor incident. follow met police and u.k. for details. >> jeremy corbin wrote im totally shocked at the incident finsbury park tonight. phil black who joins us now. phil, wt more ...

Its not. this kind of violence will just sort of feed further violence. so, its not clear, again, but its really disturbing if this is what it appears to be. >> david, stand by. i want to bring back the senior editor at the islamic monthly. arsalan, we are learning from police they are not calling this a terror incident. they say it is too early to say for sure. they have one person in custody they believe was the driver of the vehicle. what do you make of this? >> well, ana, i think it is impor...

Not going to agree with what he said, but he did what he said he was going to do in terms of talking about nato, and talking in his decision or indecision on the paris accord, and a lot of sort of voters that supported him look at this as a successful trip. >> you have to remember, though, david rhode, whose hand this plays into. growing discord between the united states and our biggest allies in western europe plays into vladimir putins hand. he has a meeting with french president macron today....

Not only on the trip, but also the problems that hes facing at home. >> thats true, because we and everyone else would have ka areried that press conference life in its entirety. its not like it would be edited down and he could tell his story. selena thank you very much. julian and david we appreciate it. overnight north korea firing off yet another missile test, this is the third in as many weeks. how the u.s. is responding. the president just tweeted about it. also get ready for tighter sec...

Combined with the most wifi hotspots. its a new kind of network. xfinity mobile. were back now with our breaking news. votes are being counted right now in montanas special election tonight. my panel is back. i want to put them up before we discuss this and other things. gianforte opening up a wider lead there. 49.4% to rob quists 44.8%. that is 56% of the votes counted. and the votes that are in. so well continue to follow this breaking news story. lets get back to the other breaking news s...

Lineup. none of that really flew then and now with kushner, its going to be impossible to do that. the other thing, don, that we have to watch out for here is this becomes a much bigger distraction now. much bigger. it was already a big distraction, but when the top adviser to the president is in and out of meetings all day long on various issues, in between shuttling calls with his lawyers about dealing with this, it is impossible for this not to seep in as a pretty substantial distraction in t...

Prior to an election. >> in that vain, david rhode, lets listen to republicans, how they responded to this alleged assault. >> we didnt have a course on body slamming when i went to school. i missed that course. >> the left has precipitated this tense confrontational approach throughout the country in recent months. >> there is no time where a physical altercation should occur with the press or with just between human beings. im going to let the people of montana decide who they want as their re...

Lead in the u.s. role when it comes to trying to negotiate a peace accord between the israelis and the palestinians. let me bring in the rest of the panel as well. david rhode, this is a moment that has not happened before. >> it is. its historic and its impressive that hes sort of making this gesture and its being well handled i think by the israelis, the fact netanyahu is not there -- that he is not there. >> not there and that has a lot of political significance. >> correct. >> they dont want...